Skip to main content

balata

Portuguese, noun/baˈla.tɐ/

balata is spelled B-A-L-A-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “balata (Manilkara bidentata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does balata mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebalata (Manilkara bidentata)

  2. 2

    femininebalata (latex acquired from the tree)

noun

  1. 1

    femininesynonym of balada

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of balata

  • balatas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce balata?

  • Brazil /baˈla.tɐ/
  • Portugal /bɐˈla.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to balata

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is balata in Portuguese?

balata appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

What to look up after balata